“Like Errol Flynn, who had to put down his sword on occasion, I just want to say, 'thank-you’.”

Flynn, best known for his role as Robin Hood, died in 1959 aged 50, with a reputation for womanising and drinking.

Sheen, 45, the highest paid actor on US TV, thanked his colleagues on “Two and A Half Men,” as well as CBS Corp (CBS. N) chief executive Les Moonves and Warner Bros studio TV head Bruce Rosenblum for their support.

A Warner Bros spokesman has said 16 of the 24 scheduled episodes of “Two and A Half Men” for the TV season ending in May had been taped, with 8 remaining to be shot.

Sheen was initially said by his spokesman to be entering a rehab facility last Friday, but then media reports had him seeking counselling at home. Sheen’s spokesman has since declined to comment on the actor’s treatment plans, citing US law dealing with patient privacy.

Separately on Wednesday, authorities released the audio recording of a phone call Dr Paul Nassif made to summon an ambulance for Sheen last week.

Dr Nassif told dispatchers he had received a call from Sheen’s assistant, who was with him at the home where the actor was reported to be partying heavily. The doctor said he was told not to call an ambulance for Sheen, but did so anyway because he was worried.

“I got (Sheen) on the phone and he was very, very intoxicated. Also apparently in a lot of pain. It’s kind of weird, the phone call I received,” Nassif said in the audio recording.

Dr Nassif is a cast member of TV reality show “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”